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| author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 |
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| committer | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 |
| commit | 058b0118a52061ad57694c01fc8763b22b789c4d (patch) | |
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Some man pages.
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diff --git a/man/man1/cat.1 b/man/man1/cat.1 index 3b24bdde..d2b8d5c0 100644 --- a/man/man1/cat.1 +++ b/man/man1/cat.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH CAT 1 .SH NAME -cat, read \- catenate files +cat, read, nobs \- catenate files .SH SYNOPSIS .B cat [ @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ cat, read \- catenate files ] [ .I file ... ] +.br +nobs +[ +.I file ... +] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Cat reads each @@ -57,15 +62,32 @@ causes it to read no more than .I nline lines. .PP -Read always executes a single +.I Read +always executes a single .B write for each line of input, which can be helpful when preparing input to programs that expect line-at-a-time data. It never reads any more data from the input than it prints to the output. +.PP +.I Nobs +copies the named files to +standard output except that it removes all backspace +characters and the characters that precede them. +It is useful to use as +.B $PAGER +with the Unix version of +.IR man (1) +when run inside a +.I win +(see +.IR acme (1)) +window. .SH SOURCE .B /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/cat.c .br .B /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/read.c +.br +.B /usr/local/plan9/bin/nobs .SH SEE ALSO .IR cp (1) .SH DIAGNOSTICS |